i mean…an app directly copying a black mirror episode (but almost exclusively targeting a specific demographic) does ring some very, VERY loud alarm bells…

like, this is literally the plot of nosedive.

it’s a social credit system.

and none of the people even know they HAVE a score, so it’s somehow even worse than the fictional scenario.

this will, absolutely, hurt innocents and it will do so by design.

“fuck them innocents!”…just because they happen to be men?

how is that anything other than misandrist?

how is that defensible?

how is doxxing, mass libel, and targeted harassment a solution to sexism and rape culture?

I’d be really interested in hearing anything about how this is supposed to help women, because i struggle to see how sowing massive, unearned distrust between men and women is going to make anyone any safer…

I’m really, REALLY glad that the GDPR would nuke this sort of nonsense from orbit…uploading pictures of strangers, for the explicit purpose of gossiping about them behind their backs, spreading awful rumors?

what. the. actual. fuck. is wrong with you people?

and i don’t mean women, or men: i mean americans and their total disregard for privacy and digital safety. what the hell…

hey, no worries!

just felt like it might be useful to know where the misunderstanding happened

i’m glad if it helped, cheers!

ah, that makes more sense!

just as an aside, for future reference:

you wrote,

Bitcoin, and the millions other way more efficient alternatives 😜"

when you really meant to write:

Bitcoin, or the millions other way more efficient alternatives 😜"

it may be s subtle difference, but when you write “and” it means bitcoin AND the other alternatives are efficient.

when you use “or” instead, it means bitcoin OR the more efficient alternatives.

so my interpretation was correct. you just didn’t write what you thought you did…

i know it’s not the point of the thread, but FYI:

bunker busters can’t destroy cities. not practically, anyways.

they’re hyper-specialized munitions that get dropped from high up in order to pick up a lot of gravitational momentum to then penetrate deep underground and through multiple layers of concrete.

they’re long, extremely resilient, stupidly heavy rods with relatively small warheads.

they’re the "rods from god"s little cousins, essentially.

although there’s some speculation that some kinds of modern concrete might be strong enough to withstand even multiple direct hits…

the kind of munitions that could cause enough destruction to level a city are M.O.A.B.s, for conventional arms, or straight-up nuclear bombs.

…or you could use a LOT of smaller bombs, like the russians in ukraine, or the israelis in gaza.

but bunker busters, while having an objectively badass name, are not actually that scary a weapon, unless you’re sitting in an actual bunker; they’re more of a precision weapon!

the wiki page is super interesting to read!

says right at the end: this is from 1992

if you’re going to be all “uhm, aktchually” you might want to make sure you get the terms right:

when it’s 2 companies, it’s called a duopoly.

no one said it did:

it can still be the worst crime of this century, because last century had even worse crimes at the same time as this one.

“Bitcoin” and “efficient” do not fit together like that…

bazzite is fedora based ;)

achtung: der teil mit der wahrheitsgemäßen berichterstattung bezieht sich nicht auf die partei über die berichtet wird.

die AfD kann lügen soviel sie möchte (leider).

das gesetz sagt nur, dass der rundfunk wahrheitsgemäß berichten soll, nicht dass der inhalt des beichteten wahr sein muss.

sprich, wenn der ARD berichtet: “die AfD hat folgendes gesagt: bla, bla,bla, usw.” <-- ist das eine wahre aussage von seiten des rundfunkes.

das ist was dieser absatz aussagt.

ist, wie schon angedeutet, nicht ideal und gibt damit explizit nazis eine plattform. was ein riesiges problem ist…

not exactly, see here for an example:

https://feddit.org/comment/7945682

you’re not stealing anything using the script

see here ;)

if you wanna switch to the pro version, which should also be better in this regard, here’s a handy link:

https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts

turns out the windows activation is extremely insecure and easy to fool ;)

yes, that’s pretty much correct.

and i think i misunderstood the part about the obligations only kicking in after service ends; you are right about that.

yeah, there’s a lot of wiggle room; the proposal is pretty generous!

The obligations only kick in once the game gets shut down

I’m afraid that’s a misconception: in most cases the obligations have to be considered during development.

in 95%+ of cases, you can’t “just release the binaries”, because the developers usually don’t own all of their assets/code.

modern coding, and especially game dev, is highly modularized.

you usually don’t build code from the ground up, if there is an existing solution for what you need. (some indie game devs still do that, but it’s usually because there isn’t an existing solution, or not enough budget; it’s not the usual approach)

so for example, you wouldn’t create your own networking solution for a multiplayer game, you’d just use an existing solution.

but because you didn’t write that solution yourself, that part of the code either needs to fall under a license that allows for redistribution, or it has to be removed before you “release the binaries”.

and removing such code after development is a huuuuge headache. this is something that needs to be planned for during development in most cases.

so yeah, there is some upfront cost associated with SKG, mostly in that the new regulations would need some rethinking about how to handle these code modules.

either through new or more open licenses, careful design that allows for the removal of problematic modules before release to the community, etc.

it’s not a big cost, but it is there. and creating new requirements for the code, integrating that into review cycles, testing the removals, and on and on the list goes. it’s mostly a management issue, but it’s by no means trivial.

not that any of this is a deal breaker, but it should be kept in my mind that these new regulations are not entirely free… it’s gonna cause some chaos in the industry. manageable chaos, but all chaos is somewhat expensive, when it comes to industry.

just because the words “what about…” are used, doesn’t make an argument a whataboutism.

a whataboutism deflects from an argument or aims to derail an argument.

what the previous user did was ask for further argumentation about a directly related topic; it’s a continuation, not a deflection.

so it’s not fallacious, buta legitimate question:

you’ve banned some propaganda channels (argument is closed at this point), will you now also ban other, similar channels (new, related argument)?

since the previous argument has concluded, because yt has already enforced their views, wether right or wrong, the follow-up question is perfectly legitimate.

where PirateSoftware is coming from

see, I’m afraid it’s simply down to money.

so I’m not convinced it would be all that productive to talk to ross.

he made the assertion, without evidence, that the petition would kill live service games, and then based everything else on that flawed premise.

it has been explained to him that this is not the case, multiple times over.

he, as an ex blizzard employee amd avid WoW player, should know exactly just how popular private servers for WoW are (used to be? haven’t played in about 10 years, but used to play a lot on warmane myself).

that makes his takes especially weird, since that’s a perfect example of how game preservation for live service games could look like! (although I’m sure corporate was ‘not amused’ by those servers at all…)

this implies to me, that his motives are not at all honorable.

the most likely explanation, which is entirely speculation on my part, is simply fear of missing out on profits, if he ever gets his game out.

or that creating his game is going to take so long (cause he spends all his time streaming instead of working on his game), that he’ll basically have to start over, since by that point he probably will have to comply with the new regulations, eating into his profits.

imho: doesn’t really matter what his motivations are, because his opinions are harmful to everyone enjoying games, period. and that, weirdly enough, includes himself!

so I’m not very optimistic on this point, but i would like to be wrong!

at least that would most likely be, because there’s a more interesting explanation…

And honestly, that makes me want to watch those other streamers less.

I’m the same!

drama turns me off content creators, not the other way around…

(i only know about the drama, because so much has been showing up in the recommendations under the videos i do watch…i have watched exactly none of the drama/reaction videos)

the problem with the streamer/yt drama machine i have specifically, is that all the creators that jumped on that particular wagon were dead silent on the initiative in the first place.

and that’s the real tragedy: a whole group of people, whose livelihoods, even if they don’t necessarily depend on games, are very much enhanced by them a LOT, did fuckall to support the initiative. nothing.

…until they saw an opportunity to profit off the drama!

THAT’S what gets me!

these are all people that are supposedly (and i really do believe largely honestly) passionate about games!

…until it might eat into their profits to share something that would benefit them AND their audience.

the utter lack of solidarity is what really turns me off about these people…

(well…in addition to everything else about streamers… I don’t like streamers very much in general…never understood the appeal…)

It doesn’t need YTers to create a bunch of drama about it.

yeah, but this point is an issue with the outrage-based economy of online content, not this particular case…

sucks in it’s entirety, but until we manage to decouple content from ad revenue we’re stuck with it.

only solution i see is to declare the internet a utility (which it obviously IS, but try telling that to the money people…)

yeah, no.

it just straight up isn’t.

if you think it is, then that’s a misunderstanding of the expression on your part.

it was neutral, and it was even accompanied by an “lmao” to indicate that it shouldn’t be taken all that seriously.

if you choose to interpret it only in the strictest possible, probably because you were already upset in the first place, I’m sorry to say, that’s on you. not them.

it was an okay-ish comment:

neither especially offensive, nor especially friendly.

maybe read it again when you’re more chilled out? merely a suggestion…

he’s repeatedly refused to talk to ross;

after the first video pirate software uploaded about SKG, ross left a comment offering clarifications and a chance to talk about the petition and surrounding misconceptions.

ross was refused an answer.

then PS uploaded more videos, and streams, with even more misinformation.

ross ignored it at that point and just continued doing his thing, advocating for the petition, giving updates, etc.

then it looked like the petition would fail, so ross decided there’s nothing left to lose by talking about the drama with PS, and lo and behold, suddenly all youtubers and streamers were suuuper onboard, helped spread the drama, and as a consequence SKG reached its goal… because of the drama.

so a net positive overall, but sad that it’s only because drama sells ads on streaming and video sites…really just a dumb state of affairs…

and to be clear: ross wasn’t at all vindictive in his video. frustrated by the situation, yes, but ultimately it was a very fair and sober response.

highly recommend checking it out; from what you said so far, i think you’ll enjoy the level-headed approach ross took!

here’s a link to the vid

“what’s your problem?” is a common expression. it’s a phrase, it isn’t literal.